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Here is the answer for the crossword clue Correct by punishment last seen in USA Today puzzle. We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 7 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is CHASTEN.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% CHASTEN Correct by punishment (7) USA Today Feb 5, 2015
33% CHASTENED Corrected by punishment or discipline (9)
3% SLAPONTHEWRIST Hand out punishment? (14) The Telegraph Cryptic Sep 10, 2025
3% SCAN Of poetry, be metrically correct (4) Puzzler Backwords Sep 10, 2025
3% DEADON Precisely correct (6) Newsday Sep 5, 2025
3% CANE Acne treatment is a punishment (4) (4) Mirror Cryptic Sep 3, 2025
3% PENAL Made for corrections? (5) Wall Street Journal Aug 27, 2025
3% DOWNRIGHT Thoroughly sad? Correct (9) The Telegraph Cryptic Aug 26, 2025
3% THATSRIGHT "Correct!": 2 wds. (10) Commuter Aug 25, 2025
3% STET Ignore (a correction) (4) Puzzler Backwords Aug 24, 2025

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